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Ledford Brady receives the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award.
Community honors native son with special day, award
Here’s a question to ponder: How many flat tires can a man fix in 60 years?    The world may never know, but there is someone who probably could come close to providing the … more
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Cooper visits Moncure School
MONCURE – Gov. Roy Cooper stopped by Moncure School on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to drop off school supplies through the Governor’s School Supply Drive Donations.   Cooper visited … more
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Northwood quarterback Carson Fortuntes
Athlete of the Week: Carson Fortunes
Northwood senior quarterback Carson Fortunes earns athlete of the week honors for the week of Sept. 4.     In the Chargers’ 55-9 win over Southeast Alamance Friday night, … more
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Northwood Soccer
Week of 9/5 fall sports round-up
Volleyball     Seaforth continued its hot streak Tuesday night with a 3-1 win over Southeast Alamance. The Hawks lost their first set to a Mid-Carolina 1A/2A opponent this season, but … more
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A red-tailed hawk soars above a mountain overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
TAYLOR-TROUTMAN: Looking for hawks
Particularly in light of the trauma of last week’s shooting on the campus of the University of North Carolina, people have shared their anxiety about the future. Folks tell me that they are … more
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Chatham County football recap: 9/1
Chatham County had another tough football weekend with all three participating teams losing by double-digits.    Northwood, the only Chatham team going into last Friday with a win, … more
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The women’s Mid-Carolina 1A/2A Conference Meet begins at Northwood. The Seaforth men and women both won their respective 5000m runs to sweep the conference crowns.
Fall sports round-up
Volleyball Seaforth (5-2, 4-0) defeated Northwood (4-3, 3-2) Tuesday night in straight sets, 3-0, then knocked off 4A opponent East Chapel Hill in four sets, 3-1, on Wednesday. A tougher … more
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The Chatham Central football team had an overall record of 12-59 in seven seasons with former head coach Sherman Howze. (Simon Barbre)
Derrin Little nurturing competitors at Chatham Central
Eight players, three weeks and a history of losing.    That’s what Derrin Little had to work with on day one of his first head football coaching job at Chatham Central in … more
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Charlie Farris one of the owners cuts the ribbon at The Grand opening of Jersey Mike’s Subs during the Ribbon cutting ceremony in Siler City ,NC on August 30, 2023. PJ WARD-BROWN/NORTH STATE JOURNAL
Jersey Mike’s holds grand opening in Siler City
SILER CITY – Here’s one sub that won’t let you down. The newest Jersey Mike’s Subs in Siler City held its grand opening Aug. 30 at 1119 E. 11th St. just off Highway 64 and was … more
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Northwood rising senior Drake Powell competes in the EYBL Peach Jam with Team CP3. Powell is one of several top prospects who are participating in the tournament.
Drake Powell rises in updated 2024 ESPN 100 rankings
Northwood basketball’s Drake Powell is gaining more national attention ahead of his senior season.    In the updated 2024 ESPN 100 rankings released on Thursday, Powell rose 15 … more
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Check-in with Mitch Johnson after his first win as Northwood’s head coach
Before celebrating with his team after its first win of the season over Union Pines, Northwood football head coach Mitch Johnson took a squat by the 30-yard line and bowed his head.    … more
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General Manager of Kingston 99 Kitchen Jason Rhoden at the Plant will be the areas only Jamaican food within 40 minutes in Pittsboro, NC on August 22, 2023. PJ WARD-BROWN/NORTH STATE JOURNAL
Kingston 99 Kitchen brings new flavor to Pittsboro
PITTSBORO — A new eatery has opened in Pittsboro that is serving the unique sights, sounds and delicious flavors of Jamaica.   Nestled in the commercial hub known as The Plant on … more
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The service event had more than 100 volunteers registered to volunteer. Pictured here, from left, are volunteers Wyatt Luna, Elizabeth Colebrook, Joy Roberts and Daniel Hernandez.
United Way of Chatham serves community, kicks off fundraising
After just four weeks of planning, United Way of Chatham hosted its first community “Day of Service” event last Thursday — kicking off its fundraising season and organizing more than 100 … more
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Business owners at The Plant in Pittsboro have been working to create sustainable businesses during the pandemic — with varying degrees of success and frustration.
Working to survive and thrive through a COVID-19 low
More than six months into the coronavirus pandemic, businesses at The Plant, home of the Chatham Beverage District on Lorax Lane east of downtown, are surviving through a combination of good fortune and business acumen. more
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Chatham County Schools Exceptional Children department is using the PresenceLearning Platform to help with challenges of remote learning, seen here being used my EC teacher Rebecca Bouldin and her student, Anastasia Evans. ‘I feel like I’ve really been able to learn a lot of new digital tools that allow me to reach my students in ways that I never have before,’ Bouldin said.
‘We want to be engaged’: CCS EC families and teachers adapt to Plan C
Rebecca Bouldin watches proudly as her 5th-grade student, Anastasia Evans, wins their virtual game of Go Fish by securing a final match — soon, an applause sound effect joins in with her own … more
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The image on the left by Chen Yuting, 26, of Tianjin, China, inspired the drawing on the right by Alice Zheng, 7, of Chapel Hill. Chen’s image, submitted to a newspaper contest in China, went viral. The signs read, “Hot dry noodles” and “Stay strong.” Alice drew a teddy bear as the patient in her image because “bears can get sick fast because they eat with dirty hands (they don't know how to wash hands).”
People thought the world of our first art contest
Here are some postcards from the three-week journey that was the Chatham News + Record’s first art contest, designed to find the iconic image to define the era of COVID-19: “From Russia with … more
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Siglinda Scarpa, founder of the Goathouse Refuge in Chatham County, has spent a lifetime creating art and sharing love with any animal she meets. Story, photos on page B4.
A place of love, hope, and art for its owner and inhabitants
PITTSBORO — It was more than seven decades ago, but Siglinda Scarpa can still remember the “big boots” and harsh voices of Gestapo soldiers who came pounding on the door of her home, looking … more
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From March 17, the start of the district’s COVID-19 meals guidelines, CCS averaged 25,532 meals per week through June 12 and 7,017 meals per week during summer feeding, June 21 to Aug. 14.
What you need to know about Plan C meal services
After five months of providing free meals to children 18 years old and under, CCS School Nutrition Services will resume its normal school breakfast and lunch programs on Aug. 31. Under this program, … more
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Lacee George (left) and Marty Allen work on unloading boxes of supplies at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center in Pittsboro, which has been partially re-purposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CCACC converts space into Emergency Management distribution point
PITTSBORO — As North Carolina remains in Phase Two of the state’s three-phase coronavirus reopening plan, some entities have used the last four months as an opportunity to shift their focus from … more
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